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The River Jezebel"s Blues (2000)

by Barbara Samuel(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 5

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review 1: Did I miss something? I don't believe I discovered why Laura washed up in the next town during the flood, and how did Celia know what Laura looked like to give a description of her over the phone while trying to find her since Laura had been missing for days? And why couldn't Eric make these calls since he was looking for his sister in the first place? Why was Jake in the rowboat in a storm? Otherwise this is a sweet book. The sexual situations were unnecessary, but this was written in the 90s when such scenes were expected. Celia is a strong character and doesn't swoon into despair when Eric follows his demons instead of his heart. It's a good thing he finally stopped feeling sorry for himself and discovered he had more to give and gain.
review 2: This was a m... moreost enjoyable little romance. It wasn't exactly "contemporary" since some things in there were rather dated, so it is apparently an older book re-published without re-editing. It lacked the danger, intrigue, and adventure that I have come to associate with Samuel novels (technically, it was a Wind novel), but did not lack the fine writing, rich character development, and heart and soul that I have come to associate with Samuel novels. It did, however, not drag or get boring because she had the good sense to compensate for the lack of mystery and peril by making the romance short and sweet. I don't think this is a spoiler because this is a romance and we do expect an HEA, but I judge a romance by how much the decisions and dialogue sound like real people would respond in such circumstances and whether the obstacles keeping the lovers apart "work" for me or not. In this case, it works, because the author didn't try to drag it on for months and even years, as often happens. The protagonists in spite of both having troubled childhoods and emotional hang-ups, actually talked (!) and communicated (!) and TRIED! Imagine, talking and communicating like adult human beings in love--wow, if only other romance writers used the same unusual gimmick (sarc), I wouldn't throw so many of them against the wall, which is not a smart thing to do with a kindle book. less

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